(Subscription required) A San Diego judge denied sanctions but condemned Tyson & Mendes for miscited and non-existent authority, factual misstatements, and unverified AI-sourced research, calling the conduct unethical and corrosive.

The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday held that a District Court judge erred in granting summary judgment against three plaintiffs who asserted that Circle K Stores Inc. passed them over for a promotion due to their ages, saying that the jurist wrongly concluded that they could not establish a prima facie case of discrimination because they never applied for the post.

(Subscription required) A Los Angeles jury awarded a $966 million verdict to the children of a woman who died from mesothelioma after using Johnson & Johnson’s talcum powder products.

The justices will hear challenges to transgender rights, voting rights and Trump tariffs. A Louisiana redistricting case could outlaw all use of race in drawing district lines.